15 February 2023

ST. LOUIS – Students and faculty are expected to attend the court sessions of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, when it holds its docket at 9:30 a.m. February 22, 2023, at Washington High School. The docket will be held in the CJB Auditorium located at 600 Blue Jay Drive, Washington, Missouri. The court sessions are open to the public. The court regularly conducts hearings at various locations, including high schools, throughout the Eastern District.

Three judges from the Court of Appeals will be participating in the docket: Chief Judge Michael E. Gardner, Judge Kelly Broniec and Judge Kurt Odenwald. The judges will sit as a panel of three to hear oral argument from attorneys in a case appealed from the St. Louis County circuit court. After the court session, judges will participate in a question-and-answer session with audience members and students regarding courts, the role of judges and the judicial system. 

Gardner was appointed to the court of appeals in 2020 after serving as a circuit judge for the 32nd Judicial Circuit for five years and practicing law in Cape Girardeau. Broniec was appointed to the court of appeals in 2020. She previously served as an associate circuit judge for Montgomery County and as prosecuting attorney for Montgomery County from 1999 to 2006. Odenwald was appointed to the court in 2007, after practicing law in St. Louis and serving as associate general counsel at Anheuser-Busch and as a staff attorney for the public defender’s office. 

The Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, is the state’s largest appellate court, with offices in the historic Old Post Office in downtown St. Louis. The court regularly hears cases in St. Louis, Hannibal, Cape Girardeau and other locations in the Eastern District.

Contact: Laura Thielmeier Roy, clerk of court

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District

(314) 539-4300